NORTH AMERICAN APPROVALS REGISTRY AND MONITORING ORGANIZATION NAARMO: ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN I

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NORTH AMERICAN APPROVALS REGISTRY AND MONITORING
ORGANIZATION (NAARMO)ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REDUCED VERTICAL
SEPARATION MINIMUM (RVSM)
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• Brian Colamosca/Dale Livingston
• FAA Technical Center
• Atlantic City, New Jersey

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International Civil Aviation Organization Reduced
Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) Guidance

• Manual on Implementation of a 300 m (1,000 ft)
  Vertical Separation Minimum between FL 290 and
  FL 410 Inclusive (ICAO Doc 9574, Montreal, 1992.)
• ICAO Doc 9574 assumes that the RVSM will be
  introduced on a regional basis rather than in one
  global step
• Provides information to a State, group of States
  or Regional Planning Group (RPG) to help in the
  introduction and use of the RVSM

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BASIS FOR ESTABLISHING REGIONAL MONITORING AGENCY

• A State, group of States or an RPG is directed to
  establish an RMA in paragraph 2.6.25 of ICAO Doc
  9574
• Functioning RMA is considered a necessary
  prerequisite to conducting RVSM implementation
  program
• RMA continues its work after RVSM implementation
• In the case of North American RVSM, the body
  responsible for implementing the RVSM is the
  consortium of Canada and the United States

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THE REGIONAL MONITORING AGENCY FOR NORTH AMERICAN
RVSM

• North American Approvals Registry and Monitoring
  Organization (NAARMO), a service provided by the
  FAA Technical Center in connection with safe
  implementation and use of North American RVSM
• Focus of NAARMO activities is system safety

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SUCCESSFUL RVSM IMPLEMENTATIONS AND RMAS

• North Atlantic (March 1997) North Atlantic
  Central Monitoring Agency, provided by United
  Kingdoms National Air Traffic Services, Limited
• Pacific (February 2000) Asia Pacific Approvals
  Registry and Monitoring Organization (APARMO) -
  provided by FAA Technical Center
• Western Pacific/South China Sea (February 2002)
  APARMO
• Europe (January 2002) Eurocontrol
• Cooperation and sharing of data among RMAs

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NAARMO DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establish and maintain a central registry of
  State RVSM approvals of operators and aircraft
  using North American airspace where RVSM will be
  applied
• Facilitate the transfer of approval data to and
  from other RMAs

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NAARMO DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES II

• Establish and maintain a data base containing the
  results of height keeping performance monitoring
  and all altitude deviations of 300 ft or more
  within North American airspace where the RVSM is
  or will be applied, including in the database the
  results of NAARMO requests to operators and
  States for information explaining the causes of
  observed large height deviations
• Provide timely information on changes of the
  monitoring requirements for aircraft type
  classifications to State authorities and operators

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NAARMO DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES III

• Assume overall responsibility for administration
  of height-keeping performance monitoring systems
  supporting introduction of the RVSM into North
  American airspace these systems are
• the Global Positioning System-based Monitoring
  System (GMS)
• specialized ground-based systems to estimate
  aircraft geometric height developed to support
  North American RVSM
• other systems contributing to estimation of
  aircraft height-keeping performance

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NAARMO DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IV

• Using height-keeping performance monitoring
  results to assess compliance of operators and
  aircraft with RVSM height-keeping performance
  requirements
• Provide the means for identifying non-RVSM
  approved operators using North American airspace
  where the RVSM is applied, and also the means for
  notifying the appropriate State approval authority

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NAARMO DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES V

• Collect and analyze samples of traffic movements
  within North American airspace where the RVSM is
  or will be applied to aid in estimating collision
  risk model parameters
• Conduct assessments of the RVSM State approval
  readiness of operators and aircraft for RVSM
  implementation in North American airspace
• readiness assessment at any time, the proportion
  of operations being conducted by
  State-RVSM-approved operators and aircraft

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NAARMO DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES VI

• conduct safety assessments before planned North
  American RVSM implementation
• safety assessment estimation of risk of midair
  collision and comparison of risk estimate to
  quantitative safety goal
• conduct monitoring and safety oversight after
  RVSM implementation in North American airspace
• safety oversight process of using monitoring
  data and applicable analysis tools in order to
  assess whether risk meets the safety goal

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NAARMO INFORMATION

• Available at
• FAA Technical Center NAARMO Website -
• http//www.tc.faa.gov/ act-500/niaab/rvsm/na
  armo_intro.asp